Capitalism’s Next Crisis? Michael Roberts on Trumponomics, Globalisation and Inequality
Donald Trump’s first days in office have seen the birth of what might yet become a mass opposition movement. Yet some continue to see his ostensible rejection of the neoliberal consensus of recent decades as offering a way forward for workers in the United States.
Acclaimed Marxist economist Michael Roberts, author of The Long Depression (2016, Haymarket Books) explains the reality of ‘Trumponomics’, its likely effect upon a global capitalist economy still reeling from the 2008 crash, and its inadequacies as a response to the challenges of globalisation and inequality.
Michael Roberts has worked as an economist for over thirty years in the City of London financial centre. He is author of The Long Depression (2016) and blogs at thenextrecession.wordpress.com
7pm, 22 February, Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, N1 9DX London, United Kingdom
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